Newbie here
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:32 pmHello All,
My name is Art Johnson, and I have recently obtained a 1974 Elan +2, model S 130/5, VIN #73121862L, It is a RHD car and had several English owners before it was imported to the U.S. I live in Lancaster County Pennsylvania where we share the roads with Amish and Mennonite horse drawn buggies. Until a year ago or so, I was a diehard fan of BMW's and Porsches and spent nearly 3 decades fooling with 60's. 70's and 80's models. For reasons which remain obscure, I bought 1977 TVR 2500M in 2015, and immediately became a fan of lightweight cars with modest horsepower. After assimilating the TVR, I began to search for a Lotus coupe of some sort, and investigated Elans, ?clat/Sprints, and Esprits. Elan +2 73121862L showed up nearby and it followed me home a week or so ago, I have only driven it about 150 or so miles thusfar, but can say that the driving compares favorably with the Porsches and BMW's of the same era.
There is a thick stack of receipts accumulated by the car's 7 or 8 owners, and it seems like a lot of money was spent to keep the car on the road for what seems to be 108k miles. The motor has good compression, and the driving has been clunk- and rattle-free so far, and I haven't found very much that needs tidying up. I like original cars, and so I'm not thrilled by the color (which was changed from Sable, L19), but many other aspects of the car seem to be original or OEM replacements. I expect I will find out what is original and what isn't as I read your posts. So while it was a roll of the dice, I'm happy to have it. I have driven RHD cars in Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand and Aurtralia, and haven't found the transition to be very difficult. I would like to get a mirror for the left side of the car however.........I look forward to reading about your cars and what you have done with them, and it seems likely that there are some former owners of this car on this website, and I especially look forward to hearing from you..
Cheers
My name is Art Johnson, and I have recently obtained a 1974 Elan +2, model S 130/5, VIN #73121862L, It is a RHD car and had several English owners before it was imported to the U.S. I live in Lancaster County Pennsylvania where we share the roads with Amish and Mennonite horse drawn buggies. Until a year ago or so, I was a diehard fan of BMW's and Porsches and spent nearly 3 decades fooling with 60's. 70's and 80's models. For reasons which remain obscure, I bought 1977 TVR 2500M in 2015, and immediately became a fan of lightweight cars with modest horsepower. After assimilating the TVR, I began to search for a Lotus coupe of some sort, and investigated Elans, ?clat/Sprints, and Esprits. Elan +2 73121862L showed up nearby and it followed me home a week or so ago, I have only driven it about 150 or so miles thusfar, but can say that the driving compares favorably with the Porsches and BMW's of the same era.
There is a thick stack of receipts accumulated by the car's 7 or 8 owners, and it seems like a lot of money was spent to keep the car on the road for what seems to be 108k miles. The motor has good compression, and the driving has been clunk- and rattle-free so far, and I haven't found very much that needs tidying up. I like original cars, and so I'm not thrilled by the color (which was changed from Sable, L19), but many other aspects of the car seem to be original or OEM replacements. I expect I will find out what is original and what isn't as I read your posts. So while it was a roll of the dice, I'm happy to have it. I have driven RHD cars in Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand and Aurtralia, and haven't found the transition to be very difficult. I would like to get a mirror for the left side of the car however.........I look forward to reading about your cars and what you have done with them, and it seems likely that there are some former owners of this car on this website, and I especially look forward to hearing from you..
Cheers
